Sunday, September 13, 2026

CFB TV Guesses for 2026 Week 4 (9/26/2026)

Here are the games already set for television and/or webcast. Here are the known available telecast windows. 

I have done my best to list what TV windows are out there. Every listing service has a little different schedule for these networks. It is also possible that a window could be eliminated or the time of a window could shift slightly to accommodate a network's needs.

Instead of cluttering up these posts even more, I'll try to keep track of the unique conference TV arrangements and six day holds used in a separate post.  

A few notes and considerations:

* Neither ESPN nor ESPN2 will have a late night selection as those games were picked back in May.
* CW also selected their ACC game for this week back in May.
* SEC Network had their early game selected in June as part of SEC time slotting.
* FOX has a late night window scheduled for 11pm ET after MLB at 7pm (maybe they'll move it up 30 minutes?).
* CBSSN might have a MAC game at either noon or 11pm ET.
* FS1 doesn't have a noon window due to a NASCAR Truck Series race.
* BTN has a pair of games at slight odd start times for them (1:30pm & 5pm ET), but that is to help lead in to a women's volleyball match at 9pm ET.
* Peacock will have a pair of games with both simulcast on NBCSN.  Back in May, NBC Sports responded to a question from Awful Announcing about Notre Dame not having a home game exclusively on Peacock, saying that they would indeed carry a Notre Dame game exclusively on Peacock.  While not a home game, Notre Dame at Purdue being set for Peacock would be the way to be accurate about that question.
* Games set for time or TV network family, but not both:
  • Air Force at Nevada (TBA, FOX Sports)
  • Texas at Tennessee (12pm, ABC or ESPN)
  • Southern at Jackson State (7pm, ESPN Networks)
  • Prairie View A&M vs. Grambling State (7pm, ESPN Networks)
  • SEC Game slots
    • Afternoon: Vanderbilt at Auburn
    • Evening: South Carolina at Alabama, Missouri at Mississippi State
    • Flex: Ole Miss at Florida, Oklahoma at Georgia, Texas A&M at LSU
* For the Big Ten, I have NBC picking 1st and 4th, which should allow Peacock to get the Notre Dame-Purdue game.  NBC could be higher than that too.  Supposedly NBC will have Oregon at USC per an interview Todd Blackledge did prior to the season.  After NBC/Peacock, I went with FOX, CBS, NBC/Peacock and FOX.
* I gave FOX first pick for the Big 12.

12pm ABC: Texas at Tennessee
12pm FOX: Iowa at Michigan
12pm ESPN: Wake Forest at Louisville
12pm ESPN2: Sam Houston at Texas Tech
12pm TNT: TCU at UCF
12pm ESPNU: Boise State at Western Michigan
12pm ACCN: Delaware at Virginia
12pm CBSSN: San Diego State at Toledo
12pm Peacock/NBCSN: Nebraska at Michigan State
1:30pm BTN: Wisconsin at Penn State
3:30pm ABC: Oklahoma at Georgia
3:30pm CBS: Illinois at Ohio State
3:30pm FOX: Colorado at Baylor
3:30pm ESPN: Ole Miss at Florida
3:30pm ESPN2: Oklahoma State at West Virginia
3:30pm FS1: Kansas State at Cincinnati
3:30pm ACCN: App State at NC State
3:30pm Peacock/NBCSN: Notre Dame at Purdue
4pm ESPNU: Colorado State at UTSA
4:15pm SECN: Vanderbilt at Auburn
5pm BTN: UCLA at Maryland
7pm ESPN: South Carolina at Alabama 
7pm ESPN2: Missouri State at SMU
7pm FS1: Utah at Iowa State
7:30pm ABC: Texas A&M at LSU
7:30pm NBC: Oregon at USC
7:30pm ESPNU: Houston at Georgia Southern
7:30pm ACCN: Virginia Tech at Boston College
7:45pm SECN: Missouri at Mississippi State
10:30pm FS1: Air Force at Nevada
11pm FOX: Minnesota at Washington

Streaming
Central Arkansas at Florida State
Southern Miss at Tulane
Louisiana at Charlotte
UNLV at Akron
UMass at Sacramento State
South Florida at Bowling Green
Ball State at Kent State
UConn at Miami (OH)
Kennesaw State at Arkansas State
James Madison at Old Dominion
Gardner-Webb at Marshall
Northern Illinois at Georgia State
Florida Atlantic at ULM

8 comments:

Anonymous said...

I'll be shocked if Wisc Psu gets relegated to BTN.

Anonymous said...

Agreed could see CBS taking it over Ohio State game now they aren’t the #1 team anymore

Anonymous said...

Michigan/Iowa and Illinois/Ohio State will be the CBS and then Fox picks...it's been an either/or. So not sure where Wisco/PSU ends up, but it won't be CBS 3:30 or Fox Noon.

Anonymous said...

Ohio state is like cowboys in that they’re a ratings monster

Schmolik said...

Gets PSU's BTN game out of the way although they do still have Purdue and Rutgers.

Schmolik said...

Find it hard to believe that FOX would pass on an Ohio State game when they have a chance to take them. I mean this week they're airing Ohio State vs. KENT STATE. Illinois's a halfway decent team, even more of a reason to take them.

Anonymous said...

ESPN will likely use a six day hold on the SEC windows waiting on the LSU/Ole Miss and Florida/Auburn outcomes.

Anonymous said...

ESPN will likely use a six day hold on the SEC windows waiting on the LSU/Ole Miss and Florida/Auburn outcomes.